A video went viral on social media in which Vande Bharat Express is being pulled by an old electric engine, raising questions on the functionality of the train. The video attracted a lot of attention on Twitter, including from leaders of national parties. Congress leader Krishna Allavaru took a dig at the government by drawing a comparison between the old locomotive and the Congress rule in India.
“70 years of history brings out lies of last 9 years,” Krishna Allavaru said in his tweet along with a video of the Vande Bharat Express train. In the now-viral video, the semi-high-speed train is shown on an old electric train. shown being pulled by the engine. Meanwhile, the people recording the video can be heard talking in the background.
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According to reports, Shashank Jaiswal made this video on June 22 in the Sakaldiha railway station area of Uttar Pradesh. Jaiswal posted a video of the incident on Instagram and also informed that the Vande Bharat train was going from Patna to the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai. He claimed that since Vande Bharat had no crew members, a WAG-9 class engine was used to carry it.
The history of 70 years drags away the lies of the last 9 years. pic.twitter.com/WwdCIj7cQL– Krishna Allavaru (@Allavaru) 29 June 2023
The video caught the attention of railway officials. Clarifying on the situation, the East Central Railway said in a tweet that when a train is first attached to the track, the second engine pulls it until its route is fixed. After the announcement of the route, the train is driven by its loco pilot and crew only. During these trials, the train is driven by a driver familiar with the prescribed route.
Meanwhile, several social media users criticized the Vande Bharat Express trains and the high speed claims of the train. Furthermore, he compared the WAG-9 engine to the Congress party’s rule in India and the Vande Bharat Express to the BJP’s rule.